Supply Chain Management Review

First Shift: Steel trade defenses rise as supplier and freight constraints tighten

First Shift is SCMR’s daily briefing on the supply chain developments executives need to know, delivering concise context on ...
Supply Chain Management Review

Managing intent: Why supply chains know more than their systems do

Inventory tightens, service escalations rise, and the leadership team asks the familiar question: Why did we not see this ...
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First Shift: Canal capacity returns as battery shortages expose industrial constraints

Topics Procurement & Sourcing Supply Chain News First Shift: Canal capacity… First Shift: Canal capacity returns as battery shortages expose industrial constraints Panama Canal easing and Stellantis ...
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NextGen brings Nashville music and supply chain conversations together

Nashville-based singer-songwriter Nick DeLeo will perform at the reception. Originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, DeLeo ...
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A few good truck stops: Turning truck parking scarcity into a navigable network

Additionally, the highest-ranking truck stops remain relatively stable throughout the day, despite changes in traffic ...
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Part 2: Buying AI is the easy part: The work that comes after

The structural adaptations follow the same logic. Top management identifies in clear and unambiguous terms the what: the ...
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First Shift: Disrupted routes and scarce capacity redraw logistics risk

Topics Procurement & Sourcing Supply Chain News First Shift: Disrupted… First Shift: Disrupted routes and scarce capacity redraw logistics risk Flooding, airport congestion and record tanker costs ...
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First Shift: Rare-earth risk and new trade routes reshape supply strategies

First Shift is Supply Chain Management Review’s daily briefing on the supply chain developments executives need to know. Each ...
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First Shift: Energy costs and manufacturing ecosystems hold news cycle

First Shift is Supply Chain Management Review’s daily briefing on the supply chain developments executives need to know. Each ...
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One month to NextGen: What supply chain challenge will you bring to Nashville?

The 2026 NextGen Supply Chain Conference will take place Oct. 21-23, 2026, at the W Nashville. Attendees who require hotel ...
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When work gets political

Political identity can affect business judgment. In the authors’ experiment, participants evaluated the same supplier-change ...
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From forecast to action: How agentic AI is rewiring supply chain exception management

That handoff point—the gap between insight and action—is where agentic AI is now making its case. Not as a better forecasting engine, but as a system that can sense a disruption, evaluate options ...